FEWER SOLID TYRES
NOW FITTED TO ONLY 5 PER CENT. OF TRUCKS Whereas 29 per cent, of motor trucks built in 1921 were equipped with solid tyres, the use of these solids has dropped off steadily each year, until it fell to 4.7 per cent, ia 1929. Economic factors, such as the need for speed, savings in maintenance, and the like, appear to have doomed solid tyres, especially for use of outside cities. On the other hand, similar economic considerations demand continued use of solids on trucks in a limited field, including road construction, excava tions, structural steel, and other extremely heavy loads which must be transported in large cities. According to American experts, pneumatic tyres cannot stand the strain for long in these specialised fields, and the cost of their use is prohibitive.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 988, 3 June 1930, Page 6
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134FEWER SOLID TYRES Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 988, 3 June 1930, Page 6
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